Tuesday, August 4, 2009

1. What We Talking About (Produced by Kanye West)2. D.O.A. (Produced by No I.D.)3. Weigh Me Down Feat. Kid Cudi (Produced by Kanye West)4. Unforgiven (Produced by Kanye West, Additional Production: MGMT)5. Run This Town Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West)6. Empire State Of Mind Feat. Nas (Produced by Kanye West & No I.D.)7. When It Comes To This (Produced by Timbaland)8. Always Feat. Drake (Produced by Kanye West)9. Scenes From The Past (Produced by No I.D., Co-produced by Kanye West)10. Everyday A Star Is Born Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)11. Already Home (Produced by Kanye West)12. Forever Young (Feat. Mr. Hudson, Produced by Kanye West)13. Thank You (Produced by No I.D.) Bonus Tracks:14. Sound Of The 70s (Produced by Kanye West)15. We Made History (Produced by Kanye West)

Okay, so I love me some hipster music (not the culture), but I don't want a Jay-Z cd w/ Kid Cudi, Mr. Hudson or Rihanna. Frankly, I think Old Man Carter needs to give it a rest, but if not, he should stick to what he does. Rap music is the only genre where a person's speaking voice can make a song sound fake. Usually a "soft" voice shouldn't be rapping about selling nose candy & flipping packs. On the same token, it'll sound odd to hear Jay-Z with hooks from hipster/pop artists. The cd will be sonically pleasing, but ultimately, he is too hard to be making songs like what I am assuming it will sound like.